THE RESULTS

Of the 3rd International Festival and Contest of concert programs

«IN ANTICIPATION OF CHRISTMAS» 2018

Concert programs of the contest will be judged by the international Jury of professional Russian and foreign experts. The evaluation will be based on the following criteria: The complexity of the program (10 points max). Intonation, blending (10 points max). Rhythm, tempo, dynamics (10 points max). Style, expression (10 points max). Overall impression: presentation, costumes, artistry (10 points max). One program can earn 50 points max from one jury member, best mark of program is 300 points. Decisions of the jury are not to be disputed. The possibility of intervention is excluded. AWARDS GRAND PRIX and a Grand Prix Diploma - 30 000 RUB (in euro by course). To be received by the choir earning the highest score 1st Degree Winner Diploma (1st place) Received by vocal groups/choirs that earned no less than 260 points 2nd Degree Winner Diploma(2nd place) Received by vocal groups/choirs that earned at least 235 points and no more than 259 points 3rd Degree Winner Diploma (3rd place) Received by vocal groups/choirs that earned at least 234 points and no more than 185 points Diplomant (certificate of participation) Received by vocal groups/choirs that scored at least 184 points.

THE WINNERS 1th DEGREE Winner Diploma

The participants POINTS PLACE Female Choir of St. Petersburg Diocese (St. Petersburg, Russia), artistic director – Igor Matyukhov

274 GRAND

PRIX

Academic Сombined Choir of the Sakhalin College of Art (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia), artistic director – Pavel Gololobov

272 1

Academic Choir of the St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI" (St. Petersburg, Russia), artistic director – Elena Kasyanova

271 1

Youth Choir of Graduates of the Choir Studio "Lira" of the Right-Bank House of Creativity (St. Petersburg, Russia), artistic director – Elena Rabinovich

268 1

Student's Choir "Canzona" of the St. Petersburg Music Pedagogical School (St. Petersburg, Russia), artistic director - Julia Davydova

265 1

Children's Сhoir of the Choir Studio "SO-LA-RE" (Rakvere, Estonia), artistic director – Elo Üleoja

261 1

Children's Сhoir "Istok" of the Teenage and Youth Center "MIR" (St. Petersburg, Russia), artistic director – Angela Zingarenko

260 1

2nd DEGREE Winner Diploma

The participants POINTS PLACE The ensemble " Soglasie" of the Department of Old Russian Singing Art of the Ural State Conservatoire (Yekaterinburg, Russia), artistic director – Oksana Sheludyakova

245 2

Chamber Choir "RADIO" (St. Petersburg, Russia), artistic director – Stanislav Gribkov

238 2

Chamber Сhoir "Collegium Cantus" of the Vyborg Side Club (St. Petersburg, Russia), artistic director – Daria Goloushkina

237 2

"Rainbow" Senior Choir of the "Rainbow" Children's Choir Studio (Chelyabinsk, Russia), artistic director – Julia Sokolova

236 2

"Concert Choir «LAD» of the St. Petersburg Children’s Art School N 4 (St. Petersburg, Russia), artistic director — Galina Kozlova

235 2

Vocal Ensemble "Iris" of the Solnechnogorsk Children's Art School (Solnechnogorsk, Russia), artistic director – Iraida Solovyova

235 2

Vocal Ensemble of Early Music of St. Petersburg State Institute of Cultural (St. Petersburg, Russia), director – Tatiana Tchernyshova

235 2

3rd DEGREE Winner Diploma

The participants POINTS PLACE Youth Choir of the Choir Studio "SO-LA-RE" (Rakvere, Estonia), artistic directors – Keio Soomelt and Elo Üleoja

223 3

Senior Girls choir of the Choir Studio "Lira" of the Right-Bank House of Creativity (St. Petersburg, Russia), director – Elena Rabinovich

208 3

Senior choir of the Children's Music School No. 14 "Consonance" (Saratov, Russia), artistic director – Anna Litsova

196 3

Vocal Ensemble of Classical Music "Petersburg accent" (St. Petersburg, Russia), artistic director – Olga Kislitskaya 193 3

Choir of the Children's Music School of Petrozavodsk Music College named after K.E. Rautio (Petrozavodsk, Russia), artistic director – Nadezhda Alexandrova

189 3

Vocal ensemble "Svyatki" of the House of Culture "Vystrel" (Solnechnogorsk, Russia), artistic director – Iraida Solovyova

187 3

Chamber Choir of the Physico-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg, Russia), artistic director – Vera Ilyina

187 3

Amateur Singing Choir of the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic (female choir) (Yekaterinburg, Russia), artistic director – Andrei Starikov 186 3

Senior Choir "Radost'" of the Center of Creative Development and Musical Aesthetic Education of Children and Youth "Radost'" (Moscow Russia), artistic director – Ekaterina Dunaeva

186 3

Amateur Singing Choir of the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic (Yekaterinburg, Russia), artistic director – Andrei Starikov

185 3

Diplomants

The participants POINTS PLACE Ensemble "Vdokhnovenie" of the Centralized Religious Organization of the North-Western Association of the Seventh Day Adventist Christian Church (St. Petersburg, Russia), artistic director – Elena Yazlovitskaya

184 диплом

Children's Choir of the St. Petersburg Diocese and "Alexandria" Choir of the Sunday School at the Church of the Ascension of the City of Kolpino (St. Petersburg, Russia), artistic director – Valentina Koroleva

182 диплом

Chamber Choir "Rainbow" of the Children's Art School No. 3 named after M.I. Glinka (Rostov–on–Don, Russia), artistic director – Nadezhda Zubko

178 диплом

Senior Choir of the Capella of Boys and Young Men "Orlyata" of the "Zelenograd" Cultural Center (Zelenograd, Russia), artistic director - Andrey Chernetsov

172 диплом

Choir of St. Petersburg State Agrarian University (St. Petersburg, Russia), artistic directors – Yana Grekhova and Natalya Teplyakova

169 диплом

Choir "SEVERNOE SIYANIE" of the Centralized Religious Organization of the North-Western Association of the Seventh Day Christian Adventists (St. Petersburg, Russia), artistic director – Natalia Logvinova-Beysova

162 диплом

Youth Сhoir of the Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Yasenevo (Moscow, Russia), artistic director – Elizaveta Koshkina

120 диплом

Choir of Veterans "AVRORA" of the Combined Center for Social Services for the Population of the Vasileostrovsky District (St. Petersburg, Russia), artistic director – Olga Nikiforova

101 диплом

"Moderato" Academic Choir (Moscow, Russia), artistic director – Ekaterina Zaboronok

101 диплом

Vocal and Choral Studio "FUNNY NOTES" of Children and Youth Creative Center "Vasilyevsky Island" (St. Petersburg, Russia), artistic director – Olga Kheruvimova

99 диплом

Vocal Ensemble "D-chord" (Moscow, Russia), artistic director – Alexander Talan

86 диплом

The special prizes of jury

Special Holy Martyr Seraphim (Chichagov) award “FOR THE BEST PERFORMANCE OF AN ORTHODOX CHANT“

of the Council for Culture of the St. Petersburg Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church

P. Chesnokov “The silent light“ Academic Choir of the St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI"

(St. Petersburg, Russia), artistic director – Elena Kasyanova

Special prize of the Council for Culture of the St. Petersburg Diocese

of the Russian Orthodox Church «For the best performance of sacred music»

S. Khvoshinsky “Eternal Mary“ Youth Choir of Graduates of the Choir Studio "Lira"of the Right-Bank House of Creativity

(St. Petersburg, Russia), artistic director – Elena Rabinovich

«For the best performance of Christmas songs»

Ukraine folk song "Carols of the bells" Youth Choir of the Choir Studio "SO-LA-RE"

(Rakvere, Estonia), artistic directors – Keio Soomelt and Elo Üleoja

Choral suite “The Christmas“, arr. by S. Gribkov

Chamber Choir "RADIO" (St. Petersburg, Russia),

artistic director – Stanislav Gribkov

«For the best scenic performance»

M. Kollntay, lyrics by E. Baratynsky "The winter" Children's Сhoir "Istok"

of the Teenage and Youth Center "MIR" (St. Petersburg, Russia),

artistic director – Angela Zingarenko

«For the best concert program»

Academic Choir of the St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI"

(St. Petersburg, Russia), artistic director – Elena Kasyanova

Student's Choir "Canzona"

of the St. Petersburg Music Pedagogical School (St. Petersburg, Russia),

artistic director - Julia Davydova

«The best soloist»

Anna Kochetova

Youth Choir of Graduates of the Choir Studio "Lira"of the Right-Bank House of Creativity (St. Petersburg, Russia),

artistic director – Elena Rabinovich

Tatiana Kuts Academic Сombined Choir of the Sakhalin College of Art

(Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia), artistic director – Pavel Gololobov

Evgenia Gryaznova Chamber Choir "RADIO" (St. Petersburg, Russia),

artistic director – Stanislav Gribkov

«The best accompanist»

Ivan Nikiforov Choir of Veterans "AVRORA"

of the Combined Center for Social Services for the Population of the Vasileostrovsky District (St. Petersburg, Russia),

artistic director – Olga Nikiforova

Tatiana Kuksgauzen Student's Choir "Canzona"

of the St. Petersburg Music Pedagogical School (St. Petersburg, Russia),

artistic director - Julia Davydova

Nadezhda Sineok Academic Сombined Choir of the Sakhalin College of Art

(Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia), artistic director – Pavel Gololobov